Container



July 31, 1934. R TH|EBAUT 1,968,270

CONTAINER Filed July 21, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 4

INVENTOR:

JAMES R. THIEBAUT.

BY W

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 31, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER James It. Thiebaut, San

to Raisin and Thiebaut Bros.

Francisco, Calif., assignor Ltd., San

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in containers and more particularly to cardboard baskets and the method of forming the same.

The principal object of the invention is to simplify the construction of containers of this character.

Another object is to minimize the labor required for forming and assembling the container.

A further object is to frictionally mount the bottom in the container without the use of glue. Thus the body of the container and the bottom may be shipped separately, occupying a minimum of space. The bottoms are then easily inserted in the containers at the destination.

Other objects and advantages appear as the descriptionprogresses.

In this specification and the accompanying drawings the inventon is disclosed in its preferred form. It is to be understood, however, that it is not limited to this form because it may be embodied in other forms within the purview of the claims following the description.

In the two sheets of drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the container showing the mounting of the bottom.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of container.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cut and creased blank for the sides of the container before folding and gluing.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the bottom of the container.

In detail, the construction illustrated in the drawings, referring more particularly to Fig. 4, comprises a body portion 1, composed of an armate blank having the overlapping tab 2, and scored along the dotted line 3. This score line can be curled as at 3 in Fig. 2, or cut partly through the body of the blank as at 3' in Fig. 3, to facilitate the bending of the blank. This form of blank when curled upon itself, forms a truncated conical body, as in Fig. l. The tab 2 is glued or stapled to the other end 4 or interlocked therewith by means of a conventional tongue and slot engagement common in the cardboard container art.

During the curling operation the flange 5 is bent inward on the score line 3 to form a support for the disk bottom 6, the edges of which frictionally wedge against the tapering sides of the body, wherein it is firmly held and supported.

The four tabs '7--'! extend outwardly from the body of the bottom, and are scored along the dotted lines 8-8. The cutting of these tabs involves no wastage of material as the tabs are formed from the normally wasted interstices between the disk bottoms as they are cut from the original sheet of fiber board. These tabs are curled downward at 8 from the remainder of the bottom and are seated at 3, thus holding the bottom firmly against undesirable movement.

If desired, the tabs 77 may be glued to the body 1 of the basket to afford additional strength for the bottom 1.

The assembled bodies can be nested one within the other and the disk bottoms for all packed within the topmost container or they may be packed flat, as in Figs. 4--5.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A container comprising a tapered body portion having a flange extending upwardly and inclined inwardly from the plane of the body wall the length of said flange being shorter than the shorter edge of said blank and a bottom resting upon said flange and having its edges frictionally engaging said wall.

2. The method of forming containers consisting of cutting and scoring sheet material to form an arcuate blank with an integral flange thereon shorter than the shorter edge of said blank, folding the flange back upon the body of the blank, then curling the blank until the ends of said flange abut and securing its overlapping ends together with the flange extending inward and upward, and wedging a bottom in the container until it comes to rest above said flange.

JAMES R. THIEBAUT. 

